Provoked: A True Story (2006)

Director:

Jag Mundhra

Writers:

Carl Austin (writer)
Rahila Gupta (writer)

Release Date:

6 April 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

In prison she found freedom

Plot:

It's the true story of a Punjabi woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia who leaves India to marry a London-based guy, only to be badly abused. She ends up in prison for murdering her abusive husband.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Murder | Domestic Violence | Police | Court

Cast

Aishwarya Rai	...	Kiranjit Ahluwalia
Miranda Richardson	...	Veronica Scott
Naveen Andrews	...	Deepak Ahluwalia
Ray Panthaki	...	Ravi
Nandita Das	...	Radha Dalal
Robbie Coltrane	...	Lord Edward Foster
Raji James	...	Solicitor Anil Gupta
Leena Dhingra	...	Sheela Ahluwalia
Claire Louise Amias	...	Young Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wendy Albiston	...	Guard Miller
John Alford	...	Chris Jones - Legal Aid Solicitor
Freya Berry	...	Dr. Emma Stillman
Lorraine Bruce	...	Doreen
Ashwani Chopra	...	News Vendor
Karen Shenaz David	...	Asha (as Karen David)
Maxine Finch	...	Lula
Nicholas Irons	...	Police Constable James O'Connell
Judith Jacob	...	Guard Tyler
Shaheen Khan	...	Jamila
Steve McFadden	...	DS Ron Meyers
Deborah Moore	...	Jackie
Harpreet Singh Nandra	...	Sandeep D. Ahluwalia
Rahul Nath	...	Doctor
Raoul Pattra	...	Rajeev D. Ahluwalia
Rebecca Pidgeon	...	Miriam
Naila Raza	...	Kiranjit's sister
Marsha Rice	...	Mrs. Byron
Guy Siner	...	Prosecutor
Christina Thornton	...	Commander Kate Halloran
Julie T. Wallace	...	Gladys

Also Known As:

Provoked (UK) (short title)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

UK | India

Language:

English | Punjabi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Malaysia:U | Malaysia:18PL

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Trivia:

This film was originally given an A-rating (Adults only, or the equivalent of an R-rating in India) by the censors. The director decided to cut out the "four letter word" and applied for re-censorship. The film was then given a U/A rating, equivalent to a PG-13.

lots of potential that wasn't met

this movie had a heap of potential...that wasn't met. the story in its self is a seller but its execution was pathetic. instead of feeling sorry for kiran and considering her actions revoulutionary i walked out thinking that this movie was promoting murder over telling someone e.g. police. i feel this may have had o do with the fact that ash as pretty as she is isn't capable of getting in the skin of a character and making you feel with the character. i walked out considering kiran a weak woman when she probably wasn't in reality. kiran was a Punjabi girl and she was going to be a lawyer, she was obviously educated and intelligent so why portray her as so backward ?? only one scene really portrayed the kind of person kiran was (the scene before he threw her down the stairs) she told him what she felt. the personality of that scene should have been carried through the entire movie...but it wasn't. 5/10 purely for the story & the little effort